Window-frame.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

' T. P. WARE.

WINDOW FRAME AAAAAAAAA on ri LLLL 120. 2.8. 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT ()EEICE.

WINDOW-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,419, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed December 28, 1903. Serial N0- 186,864-.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. WARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steamboat Springs, in the county of Washoe and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Frames; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved window-frame; and it consists in the construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed,

The object of my invention is to provide a window-frame of improved construction with detachable means for releasing the sashes when they are lowered to permit the ready removal of. the window-sashes from the frame when it is desired to wash the windows or remove them from the frame for other reasons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of a window-frame embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line a a of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line b b of Fig. 1; and Fig. L is a similar view taken on the plane indicated by the line 0 0 of Fig. 1.

For the purposes of illustration I herein show one side 1 of my improved windowframe, the top 2, and the base or sill 3 thereof. The side 1 is provided on its inner face for a distance equal to the height of the lower sash with a recess 4:, which extends from the outer stop strip 5 to within a slight distance of the inner edge of the frame. In the said recess is placed a slide plate 6, the thickness being equal to the depth of the recess, so that its outer face is flush with the inner face of the side 1, and the said slide is provided with a parting-strip section 7, which when said slide is in the position shown in Fig. 2 alines with the relatively fixed upper parting-strip section 8 in the window-frame. The strip 5 forms The width of the slideplate 6 is less than that of the recess 4, and in the latter when the slide-plate is in place is placed a slat 9, which serves to lock the slideplate against lateral movement and the lower end of which engages the end of the ledge 10, which serves to retain it in place. On the slat is the lower section 11 of the inner strip 12, which serves to retain the inner lower sash in place in the frame. The said section 11 projects above the slat 9, as at 13, and the meeting ends of the sections of the inner strip are beveled, as at 14. It will be understood that when the slat 9 and slide-plate 6 are both removed the window-sashes on being lowered may be readily removed from the Windowframe, the recess 4: serving to clear one side of the sashes and enabling them to describe the required angular movement to release them from the opposite side of the window-frame. The slat 9, with its inner strip-section 11, is secured adjustably to the side 1 of the window frame by a thumb screw 15, the threaded shank thereof engaging the nut 16, which is countersunk in the side 1.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A window-frame having a recess in one side and provided with a detachable slide-pl ate having a parting-strip section to partially fill the recess, and a detachable slat having an inner strip-section to complete the filling of the recess, and means to secure the said slat in place.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS F. WARE. Witnesses E. R. DODGE, J. H. U'rsEY, 

